Unit 7 Vocab Quiz

Question 1

projection

Answer 1

system used to transfer locations from earths surface to a flat map.

Question 2

pandemic

Answer 2

disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a high proportion of the population.

Question 3

polder

Answer 3

land created by the dutch by draining water from an area.

Question 4

pollution

Answer 4

addition of more waste than a resource can accommodate.

Question 5

population-pyramid

Answer 5

bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex.

Question 6

public services

Answer 6

services offered by the government to provide security and protection for citizens and buisnesses.

Question 7

location

Answer 7

the position of anything on earths surface.

Question 8

push factor

Answer 8

factors that induce people to leave old residences.

Question 9

slash and burn agriculture

Answer 9

another name for shifting cultivation so named because feilds are cleared by slashing the vegetationand burning debris.

Question 10

sovereighnty

Answer 10

ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its affairs by other states.

Question 11

mental maps

Answer 11

internal representation of a portion of earths surface based on what an individual knows about a place.

Question 12

productivity

Answer 12

the value of a particular product compared to the amount of labor needed to make it.

Question 13

migration

Answer 13

form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location.

Question 14

pull factor

Answer 14

factors that induce people to move to a new location.

Question 15

space-time compression

Answer 15

the reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place as a result of improved communications and transportation systems.

Question 16

NIR

Answer 16

the percentage of growth of a population in a year, computed as the CBR minus the CDR.

Question 17

overpopulation

Answer 17

the number of people in an area exeeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.

Question 18

Paddy

Answer 18

malay word for wet rice,commonly but incorrectly used to describe a sawah.

Question 19

sprawl

Answer 19

development of new housing sites at a relatively low density and at location that arent contiguous to the existing build up area.

Question 20

Pagan

Answer 20

a follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times.